Really good thing that today is Saturday, because this video will almost certainly take up a significant portion of your day. Casey Pugh, a web developer for Vimeo and (obviously) Star Wars fan has created one of the most impressive (and culturally critical) crowdsourced artworks the world has ever seen.
Pugh worked with a friend to develop an application to carve Star Wars into 15-second segments, then created a distribution mechanism that enabled auteurs the world over to film their own versions of the scenes. After receiving thousands of responses, Pugh stitched the results together into a shot for shot version of the movie, digital crazyquilt-style. The result is an homage that's next to impossible to stop watching.
Real film buffs will note several nods to the groundbreaking filmmaking style first pioneered in the early 1990s in Williamsburg, VA in such classics as The Dark Side Returns and Rodeo. (Jokes for two are permissible here, but only on weekends.)
Settle in, grab a cold drink and some popcorn, and prepare to be unable to turn this off.
Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.
igor, marks and i convening in charlottesville tonight for a mini summit/old 97s show. important issues to be discussed.
ReplyDeletealso, tribe heads to norfolk to take on odu. the monarchs are 8-2 in the conference, while the tribe is 2-8 and coming off a really dismal performance at jmu. game is at 4:00 on comcast mid-atlantic. i'm sure it'll surprise you to know that i'm not all that optimistic.
marks, marls. whatever.
ReplyDeletedanimal, odu are 16.5 point overdogs
ReplyDeletegreat find, rob. i started the video, but i'm going to watch the whole thing later with my kids. what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteoooh--I'm so jealous Rob & Igor.
ReplyDeleteTell Rhett "hi" from me!
Rhett is on the list?
ReplyDeleteRhett is not on the list, Zman..but he is hot!
ReplyDeleteI like an angst-y rock star, but Rhett has lost his edge since he's gotten married and had kids.
kinda like mark
ReplyDeleteThat video is phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteOh Rob. I lost my edge long before I got married or had kids. Somewhere around '08 when I stopped regularly drinking Jager and casually doing blow. (sighs)
ReplyDeleteThis match is kinda entertaining.
ReplyDeletemark has a new baby and dave has a new dog. comedy to ensue.
ReplyDeleteIgnore my previous statement that Chris Christie is a persuasive speaker.
ReplyDeletedave, the canadian women's national soccer team could use some caring for right now. they can't stop abby wambach.
ReplyDeleteDave's Canadian? If not, can I just pretend he is?
ReplyDeletedave is too hairy to be canadian, but you can feel free to pretend anything you'd like.
ReplyDeleteSasquatch?
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